2008 Fellowship
The Vanderbilt News Service is currently accepting applications for the media fellowship, "Immigration: Nation's Bedrock or Burden?" April 1-4. For a complete description of the fellowship and an application, visit the Web site www.vanderbilt.edu/news/immigration.

Overview
Vanderbilt University invites journalists from throughout the country to participate in media fellowships. Vanderbilt limits the number of journalists, anywhere from 9 to 14, so each fellowship can be an intimate give and take among the reporters and experts. More than 110 journalists have come to the University to study various topics in depth and to interact with leading scholars and experts. Those topics have ranged from E-Commerce to The Silent Epidemic: Violence Against Women to The African American Experience in Post Civil Rights America. Many of the fellowships were co-sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Presenters
More than 125 Vanderbilt faculty and staff have participated in past media fellowships. Vanderbilt also has brought in more than 70 people from outside organizations. The News Service’s goal is to get the best people possible for the media fellowships.

Journalists
Journalists from more than 25 states and almost 65 cities have taken part in the fellowships. Media outlets represented include USA Today, CNN, CBS Evening News, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, ABC-TV, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," National Public Radio, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Chronicle of Higher Education, People Magazine, St. Louis Times-Dispatch, The Tennessean, the Associated Press and Reuters to name a few.

Format
Most of the media fellowships last three to four days with sessions lasting an hour to two hours depending on the number of panelists. The experts set up the topic and the journalists get ample time to ask questions. When appropriate, field trips are arranged.

Past Fellowships

• Meth Rescue: Meth's effects on children, families and the foster care system, 2007
• Autism: Rates, Causes and Treatment, 2005
• The Silent Epidemic: Violence Against Women, 2002
• The African American Experience in Post Civil Rights America, 2001
• The Role of Religion in Contemporary Society, 2000
• E-Commerce, 2000 (Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the National Press Foundation)
• Technology in Education, 1999
• The Culture of the South, 1999
• E-Commerce, 1999
• Welfare Reform: Seeking Solutions for the 21st Century, 1998
• Past, Present and Future of Black Churches, 1998
• Strengthening America’s Youth, 1998
• Space Ties with NASA, 1997